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On June 12th 2024, at a ceremony at the Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Prof. Trond H. Torsvik will receive the Wollaston Medal 2024.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including PHAB’s Justin Tonti-Filippini and CEED’s Boris Robert, conducted a large paleomagnetic and geochronologic study of 800-million-year-old red beds from South China. In contrast to previous studies in the region, their results suggest that Earth’s geomagnetic field and rotation axis were stable at that time. Their paper was just selected as an Editors’ Highlight in JGR Solid Earth.

Professor Stephanie Werner is elected as a member of the Academia Europaea (AE) from 2024. Membership of the AE is for individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence".

Centre director and Professor Trond Helge Torsvik, University of Oslo is awarded the Wollaston Medal for 2024 for his ground-breaking scientific contributions to geosciences. The medal is the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.

PHAB’s Postdoctoral Fellow Jaganmoy Jodder has written an article in The Conversation about rocks that were formed 3.5 billion years ago. Which geological processes drove the formations and where do you find them?

Prof. Stephanie Werner ble intervjuet av Forskning.no for å kommentere på nye argumenter på hvorvidt det finnes flytende hav under Mimas' overflate.

The internationally recognised Norwegian geochemist, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ("Father of modern geochemistry", 1888-1947), was based at the Geological Institute and the Mineralogical-Geological Museum (merged into NHM in 2000) at the University of Oslo. 

The prize 'Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for Women in Geosciences' is awarded awarded to women who have made significant contributions to the field of geosciences. This year it goes to Sofia Kjellman from University of Tromsø.

I anledning 200-års jubileet for Jens Esmark si oppdaging av istida hadde Institutt for geofag i samarbeid med realfagsbiblioteket eit GeoOnsdag Spesial-foredrag den 15.11. Foredraget kan no sjåast som opptak.

Professor Reidar Trønnes fra PHAB har blitt intervjuet flere ganger i forbindelse med jordskjelv og mulige nye vulkanutbrudd på Osland og her er to eksempler:

23 forskere i Norge er på listen over verdens mest siterte, skriver Khrono. Blant disse er Trond H. Torsvik, professor og senterleder for PHAB - Senter for planetær beboelighet. 

Hva skal til for at liv kan oppstå og trives? Slik skal det nye senteret for Planetær beboelighet jobbe når de leter etter liv på andre planeter.

Researchers have reset the age of several parts of the lunar surface, including parts of the "Man in the Moon". This is a result of their reassessment of the number of craters, spectral information, together with new spectral information and analyses of lunar samples. 

– Det er ein stor dag å vera rektor, sa Svein Stølen då forskingssenteret Senter for Planetær Beboelighet blei offisielt opna i går. Og senterdirektørane Trond H. Torsvik og Stephanie C. Werner fekk samtidig utdelt skiltet som viser at det er eit senter for framifrå forsking. 

There was a celebration when two of the researchers here at the Department of Geosciences each received their ERC Starting Grant. The two who received funding are Norbert Pirk and Paul Yves Jean Antonio. They were celebrated with an reception with cake and speeches from colleagues, on Friday 8 of September.

Prof. Stephanie Werner presented new research during the 2023 Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Lyon, France.

I desember 2022 avla Marcilly sin doktorgrad ved Senter for Jordens utvikling og dynamikk (CEED) under Institutt for geofag. Nå får hun H.M. Kongens Gullmedalje for 2023 for sitt arbeid.

Today came the news from the Research Council of Norway about the allocation of grants to new Norwegian centres of excellences (SFF). One of the SFF-centres goes to our Professors Trond Helge Torsvik and Stephanie Werner and to the centre named; 'Center for Planetary Habitability'. Fantastic and great news!